Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
VeriSign has today made available to Australian mobile users a free mobile application that it claims can transform more than 200 different types of mobile phones and devices into identity protection authentication credentials and a one-time password generator.
According to VeriSign, its Identity Protection
strong authentication application offers an enhanced download and
activation process – with no text messaging required – “making it
easier than ever to benefit from the protection of its VIP
authentication on VIP-enabled Web sites globally.
Armando Dacal, director of sales for VeriSign Asia Pacific, said today
the company’s VIP Authentication service - also known as strong or
two-factor authentication – “offers an additional layer of protection
to PayPal and eBay users as well as a number of Australian credit
unions and other VIP-enabled Web sites.
“Once downloaded, each time a user accesses a VIP enabled website, they
will be given a unique one-time six-digit security code generated by a
user's VIP authentication credential, in addition to their username and
password to provide a second layer for security at a time when identity
theft is at its peak.”
According to Dacal, it’s no secret that Australians are becoming more
and more dependent on their mobile phones, “using them for a multitude
of activities far beyond voice calls and SMS.”
He said the 2009 Australian mobile phone lifestyle index recently had
revealed that 70 per cent of Australians access mobile entertainment
and information services via their mobile phone and “Marketresearch.com
predicts that the transaction value of payments made by mobile phones
in Australia will reach almost AU$2 billion by 2013.
“Mobile phones are at the centre of many Australians lives being the
source of all information, entertainment and connection with friends
and family. With the latest launch of VIP Access For Mobile VeriSign is
making it easier and more convenient than ever for consumers to access
to their chosen sites securely on the move.”
VeriSign says that the latest release of VIP Access for Mobile is
available for Apple iPod touch, additional BlackBerry smartphones, and
devices running the Windows Mobile operating system, in addition to
hundreds of mobile devices supporting J2ME,”the most ubiquitous
application platform for mobile devices”. VeriSign said the application
already supports Apple iPhone, BlackBerry smartphones and mobile
devices from Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sanyo,
Pantech and more.
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